The 7 Most Horrifying Museums on Earth — Yes. I know. Halloween was a month ago. But hey, I just found this and I’m not going to wait a year to recommend it. If you know anything about Cracked.com, you won’t be surprised to learn that they are the crazies who compiled this list of horrifying museums. They are great in the list department. Really, I should probably make the whole site my pick, but if I do that than I won’t be able select future lists from the site. But don’t let that stop you from clicking everything clickable. It’s a mixed bag over there but always entertaining, even if there are things I don’t agree with (which there are).

Photo from the Catacombe dei Cappuccini in Palermo, Sicily

Cracked’s description is brief and goes like this:

Remember being bored out of your skull because your parents dragged you to some stupid museum when you were a kid? Well, it could have been worse. Much worse.

Because there are apparently museums out there capable of inflicting the kind of trauma a person never recovers from.

Well, actually, I liked going to museums when I was a kid, but you get the idea…

As an aside, if I were compiling a list of horrifying museums I would probably include Ken Ham’sCreation Museum. But then, it could be that Ham’s museum would be a better fit on a different kind of list from Cracked’s point of view.

Anyhow, Enjoy!

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